Allenypterus Melton 1969 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinistia

Full reference: W. G. Melton. 1969. A new dorypterid fish from central Montana. Northwest Science 43:196-206

Parent taxon: Actinistia according to P. L. Forey 1998

See also Lund and Lund 1984, Lund and Lund 1985, Melton 1969 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coelacanthiformes, Osteopleurus

Subtaxa: Allenypterus montanus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at MV 6801, Surprise Quarry, Bear Gulch (Carboniferous of Montana)

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